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[FR Doc No: 94-29850]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS

 

Permitting Entry of Certain Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and 
Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Hong 
Kong

November 30, 1994.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs amending 
visa requirements.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 30, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Novak, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; 
section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
1854).

    The existing export visa requirements for textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Hong Kong and exported from Hong Kong to 
the United States are being amended to permit entry of made-to-measure 
suits in Categories 443, 444, 643, 644, 843 and 844 which are visaed as 
merged Categories 443/643/843 and 444/644/844 or 443/643/843(1) and 
444/644/844(1). In other words, made-to-measure suits in Categories 
443, 444, 643, 644, 843 and 844 may be visaed with or without the (1) 
suffix.
    A description of the textile and apparel categories in terms of HTS 
numbers is available in the CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel Categories 
with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (see Federal 
Register notice 58 FR 62645, published on November 29, 1993). Also see 
48 FR 2400, published on January 19, 1983; and 51 FR 27235, published 
on July 30, 1986.
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
November 30, 1994.

Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directive issued to you on January 14, 1983, as amend, by the 
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. 
That directive directed you to prohibit entry of certain cotton, 
wool, man-made fiber, silk blend and other vegetable fiber textiles 
and textile products, produced or manufactured in Hong Kong for 
which the Government of Hong Kong has not issued an appropriate 
visa.
    Effective on November 30, 1994, you are directed to permit entry 
of made-to-measure suits in Categories 443, 444, 643, 644, 843 and 
844 which are visaed as merged Categories 443/643/843 and 444/644/
844 or 443/643/843(1) and 444/644/844(1) or the correct category 
corresponding to the actual shipment. Made-to-measure suits in 
Categories 443, 444, 643, 644, 843 and 844 may be visaed with or 
without the (1) suffix. Merchandise in Categories 443, 444, 643, 
644, 843 and 844 which has been exported prior to November 30, 1994 
shall not be denied entry if visaed without the (1) suffix.
    Shipments entered or withdrawn from warehouse according to this 
directive which are not accompanied by an appropriate export visa 
shall be denied entry and a new visa must be obtained.
    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that these actions fall within the foreign affairs 
exception to the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,
Rita D. Hayes,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. 94-29850 Filed 12-2-94; 8:45 am]
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